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December 2007

Introduction..................................................... 1

RMX Shadow World ........................................ 2Racial Abilities................................................ 10Tools of the Trade .......................................... 12

Welcome to the fifth issue of Express Additions! In

this issue we bring you only three articles.In the first article, we convert 46 of the races from the

4th Edition of the Shadow World Master Atlas for usewith Rolemaster Express. And in the second article, we

supply definitions for many of the special abilities givenfor the Shadow World Races.

In our last article, we describe a small collection of

useful and interesting non-magical tools. All of youradventurers will likely want these goodies.

Enjoy!


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RMX SRMX SRMX SRMX SRMX SHADOHADOHADOHADOHADOWWWWW WWWWWORLDORLDORLDORLDORLDThe 4th Edition of the Shadow World Master

Atlas (SWMA) contains a large number of races forShadow World. This section contains all of those races

except for the giants, trolls, special immortals and twoof the alien races. All of the races that are not included

here are races that should not normally be allowed fora player to use. The rest are below.

A number of races have special abilities. The manner inwhich I list these abilities differs from the SWMA, and I have

also given abilities to some races that did not have them inthe SWMA; this was done to better balance those races that Iadjusted. Those abilities are described in detail at the end of

this article. More information about each of these races canalso be found in the SWMA, starting on page 46.

ANZETI

Size: 46" to 58" tall

Lifespan: 100 years

Special Abilities: Resistant to Natural Cold

Description: Dark haired men, with red-brown skin andgreen or hazel eyes. Most often reside in high,mountainous areas.

CENTAURS


Lifespan: 150 yearsSpecial Abilities: Natural AT3

Description: These beings are like men from the waist

up. From the waist down, they are like horses. Theirhuman halves are usually bronzed and muscular,

with their hair matching the primary color of thehair on their equine half.

DROLOI


Lifespan: 100 years

Special Abilities: Nightvision, Darkvision 100, NaturalAT3, Natural Claws

Description: Droloi have very leathery skin and large,clawed hands and feet. This combined with their

heavy brows and flattened noses give the Droloi avery alien appearance.


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DRANAKI


Lifespan: 90 years

Special Abilities: Nightvision, Darkvision 30

Description: The Dranaki are one of the few human

races that tend to dwell underground and they seemto be nocturnal. Many Dranaki bleach their hairwhite and then color it bright colors while also

DWARVES (NOMARI)

Size: 4 to 5 tall

Lifespan: 250 years

Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, Darkvision 50

Description: Dwarves are a stocky race with complexionsranging from grey-white to ruddy to red-brown.

Their eyes are deep set, and their hair is often black orbrown, or more rarely flame-colored.

DYARI


Lifespan: Immortal

Special Abilities: Resistant to Natural Cold, Resistant toNatural Heat, Nightvision, Acute Eyesight, Acute

Hearing

Description: Elven. The Dyari are very fair skinned, withraven dark hair, although a few are born with a white

lock. Their ears often have a more pronounced pointthan other elves. Their eyes are often grey, black, or

sometimes amber.

ERITARI


Lifespan: 200 years

Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, Resistant toNatural Heat

Description: Half-Elven. This race combines the elvenears with the full lips and brown eyes of their humanparent race (Thesians). Their skin is usually a

medium brown in color.

RACIAL STATS

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RP 5- 01+ 01- 5+ 01- 01+ 5+ 5+ 5- 01- 0 01- 0

NI 5+ 01+ 0 01- 0 5- 5+ 0 0 5+ 0 5+ 0

ME 0 0 0 5+ 01- 01+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5- 5+ 5- 01+

OC 01+ 5+ 5+ 0 51+ 5- 5+ 5+ 51+ 5+ 01- 5+ 01-GA 0 5- 5- 01+ 5- 01+ 5+ 01+ 01+ 0 51+ 0 02+

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ERLINI


Lifespan: Immortal

Special Abilities:Nightvision, Acute Eyesight, Acute Hearing,

Resistant to Natural Cold, Resistant to Natural Heat

Description: Elven. The Erlini most often have sandy or

dark blond hair and light blue, green or grey eyes.

GARKS

Size: 4 to 48" tall

Lifespan: 40 years

Special Abilities: Prehensile Tail

Description: Garks are very ape-like in appearance, coveredin mottled grey fur. They also have a prehensile tail that

can be used grab items, or even to trip opponents.

HAID


Lifespan: 70 years

Special Abilities: None (Pure Human)

Description: Tending to be hirsute and stocky of build,

the Haid have a ruddy complexion and a reddish-brown hair of variegated color. The males oftensport beards and many braid their wiry hair.

HRAZI

Size: 64" to 78" tall; wingspan 2x height

Lifespan: 80 years

Special Abilities: Flight

Description: The Hrazi look much like large, powerfulhumans, with wide shoulders, bronzed skin, and

blonde or white hair. The major difference betweenthem and humans is their large, feathery wings.These wings are fully functional and allow them to

fly at speeds up to approximately 30 miles per hour.

HUI


Lifespan: 200 years


Description: The Hui are short, stocky and hirsute. They

have ruddy complexions and red or brown hair.

Many men start going bald shortly after adolescence.

ILOURIANS


Lifespan: 150 years


Description: The Ilourians have brown skin, and straight

black hair. They normally have hazel, green or browneyes.

JAADERI

Size: 58" to 68" tallLifespan: 100 years

Special Abilities: None (Pure Human), Resistance to

Natural Heat (Zjedrahir only)

Description: The skin of this powerfully built race is a

coppery red-brown, and they have green, brown, orhazel eyes. Other distinguishing characteristicsinclude prominent hooked noses, full lips, and large

earlobes. The Jaaderi tend to have a bit of anelongated look to them thanks to their high

foreheads and a hairline that tends to begin recedingshortly after they reach maturity.

There is a sub-race of the Jaaderi known as theZjedrahir. They have the exact same stats as theJaaderi, but are taller, ranging from 61" to 7 in

height and having a lifespan of 120 years. TheZjedrahir would not be classed as Pure Human.


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JAMERI


Lifespan: 60 years


Description: This hardy race is very hirsute. They mustshave regularly or grow heavy beards. They have

olive skin, dirty blonde or brown hair, and their eyesare normally hazel or brown.

JHORDI

Size: 64" to 7 tall

Lifespan: 100 years

Special Abilities: Innate Caster (Mentalist Base List,Mind Speech to 10th level)

Description: This tall race has never been known tospeak, always using their Innate Abilities. This tall

race has no body hair, and their pale skin has a

bluish tint to it. They are big-boned and usually verymuscular, and their ears are large and elongated, but

rounded, not pointed like those of an elf.

JINERI


Lifespan: 80 years


Description: This race has a dark, but yellowishcomplexion, very little body hair, and their scalp hair

tends to be thick and straight, usually black, butoccasionally streaked with white or silver. Their eyesare normally brown or hazel and they have an

epicanthic fold over the inner corner.

KINSAI

Size: 58" to 68"tall

Lifespan: 200 years


Description: This race has light brown skin and black

curly hair.

RACIAL STATS

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RP 5+ 0 51+ 5+ 02+ 5+ 01+ 01+ 51+ 01+ 5-

NI 5+ 0 0 5+ 0 01+ 0 0 0 0 5-

ME 5+ 0 5- 5+ 5+ 0 0 5+ 5+ 5+ 5-

OC 5+ 0 5+ 0 0 0 5+ 5+ 0 0 01+

GA 0 0 0 5+ 5+ 51+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 0

DS 5- 5+ 5+ 0 01+ 5- 5- 5+ 02- 02- 5-

EM 5- 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+ 5+ 5+ 5-

ER 5- 0 0 0 5+ 0 0 0 0 0 5-

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msilatneM 0 0 02+ 5+ 01- 5+ 01+ 5- 5- 5- 0

nosioP 01+ 5+ 0 01+ 01+ 01+ 02+ 01+ 01+ 01+ 5+

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KULUKU


Lifespan: 150 years

Special Abilities: Chameleon Color, Retractable Nails,

Inner Eyelids, Superior Smell

Description: The skin of this race is a chocolate brown.

Their eyes are normally a bright emerald green, andtheir hair is straight and almost always black in color.

Note: This race is not recommended as a PC race

due to their special abilities and reclusiveness.

KYTAARI


Lifespan: 150-300 years

Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, Immune to NaturalCold, Solar Affinity

Description: Half-Elven. Possessing wheat colored skin

and golden hair, the Kytaari (or Kytaari as they aresometimes referred to) resemble their Elven cousins.

LAAN


Lifespan: 200 years

Special Abilities: Lesser Resistance to Natural Cold

Description: This heavily boned and muscular race hasstraight hair that ranges in color from dark brown to

coal black. Their eyes tend to be blue, grey, or hazeland they tend to be fair skinned. They are also

known as the Zori in Jaiman.

LINRI


Lifespan: Immortal

Special Abilities:Nightvision, Acute Eyesight, Acute Hearing,Resistant to Natural Cold, Resistant to Natural Heat

Description: Elven. The Linri have golden blond hair,blue eyes, and fair skin. They are tall, graceful andgenerally slender of build.

LOARI


Lifespan: Immortal

Special Abilities:Nightvision, Acute Eyesight, Acute Hearing,

Resistant to Natural Cold, Resistant to Natural Heat

Description: Elven. The Loari have raven-black hair, fair

or even pale skin, and their eyes can be brown, grey-blue, or hazel.

LUGROKI, GREATER


Lifespan: 80 years

Special Abilities: Resistant to Temperature Extremes, -20

in full sunlight

Description: These beings have large hulking, muscular

bodies, a flattened, snout-like nose and slanting eyes.They are very fearsome in appearance, especially withover-sized incisors jutting from their mouths.

LUGROKI, LESSER

Size: 54" to 6 tall

Lifespan: 60 years

Special Abilities: Resistant to Temperature Extremes, -20

in daylight, -50 in full sun

Description: Lesser Lugroki look much like their Greater

cousins. The main difference is their size and their

increased sensitivity to light.

LYDIANS

Size: 62" to 7 tall

Lifespan: 120 years

Special Abilities: Resistant to Natural Cold, Vulnerableto Heat

Description: This is a very tall race. They have anelongated skull and large, bright amber eyes. Their

skin is fair and their hair is pale and their frames arealways slender. Males tend to balding after reaching

maturity.

MERMEN

Size: 66" to 8 tall

Lifespan: 100 years

Special Abilities: Natural AT3, Merman Shapechange,

Requires Immersion Daily, Fast Swimmer,Amphibious

Description: The fair, almost hairless skin of a Mermanstorso blends at the waist into

shimmering scales for theremainder of their body.


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MUADANI


Lifespan: 100 years

Special Abilities: Resistant to Natural Heat

Description: The Muadani have slender, graceful bodies

with a medium brown coloration and thick, wavyblack hair. Their features are refined, with smallnoses and ears, and almond shaped eyes that arealmost always brown in color.

OCHU


Lifespan: 90 years


Description: The Ochu have coarse black hair, almondshaped brown eyes, with wide faces and high

cheekbones. They have red-brown skin and tendtowards having a medium build.

PUNKARI



Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, Resistant toNatural Cold, Resistant to Natural

Description: Half-Elven. The Punkari are more

powerfully built than their elven cousin, with adarker, almost a light brown complexion. Their hair

runs the gamut of possible colors as do their eyes.They will occasionally treat their hair in the same

manner as the Dranaki.

QUAIDUSize: 58" to 66" tall

Lifespan: 120 years

Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, -20 in full sunlight,

Resistant to Natural Cold, Severe Solar Allergy

Description: Their skin is a pale white or even grey in

color, and their eyes are totally black. They are totallyhairless except for their scalps, and their front teeth

are longer and more pointed than those of a normalhuman.

RASHA-AI


Lifespan: 90 years

Special Abilities: Photosynthetic Skin

Description: The Rasha-ai have green skin and courseyellow body hair that grows in ridges along theoutside of their limbs. Their scalp hair is also course

and yellow. Their eyes are a bright red hue and theirnoses are flat and wide, and their ears are elongated.

RACIAL STATS

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RP 5- 0 5+ 0 5- 5+ 5+ 0 5+ 0 0

NI 01- 0 0 01+ 01+ 0 0 0 5+ 5+ 0

ME 5- 0 5- 5+ 0 0 5- 5+ 5- 5+ 0

OC 5+ 5+ 5+ 0 0 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 01+ 5+

GA 0 5+ 0 5+ 0 01+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 01- 0

DS 01- 0 0 01+ 5- 5- 5+ 0 5+ 0 0

EM 01- 0 5+ 5- 5+ 0 5+ 0 5- 0 0

ER 5- 5+ 5+ 5- 5- 0 0 0 5- 0 0

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RHIANI


Lifespan: 80 years

Special Abilities: Inner Eyelid, Nightvision

Description: The Rhiani have light brown skin and hairthat ranges from blond to light brown. They have no

facial hair and very little body hair. Their eyes, whennot covered by the inner eyelid are a brilliant paleblue or violet in color.

SAURKUR



Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision

Description: The Saurkur are a race of warm-bloodedreptiles. Their bodies are two-toned, with a darker

color, usually dark green to brown, on their backs,

while their under-bellies are often a lighter toneoverall. There is also the occasional brownish-yellow

mottled patches on their back sides. Their eyes can bealmost any color, but are most often a reddish-

yellow with black slit pupils.

SHAY

Size: 52" to 6 tall

Lifespan: 60 years


Description: A stocky and hardy race, the Shay have

brown hair and fair skin, with eyes of blue, hazel, orbrown. They are more hirsute than most other races

and often let their dense facial hair grow.

SHULURI

Size: 60" to 610"tallLifespan: Immortal

Special Abilities: Nightvision, Acute Eyesight, AcuteHearing, Amphibious, Resistant to Cold Water, FastSwimmer

Description: Elven. The Shuluri, or Aquatic Elves as they areoften called, physically resemble members of both the

Linri and the Loari Elves, except that the Shuluriusually are very pale and have blond or white hair. They

also have elongated fingers and toes with webbingbetween the digits to allow for better swimming.

SULINISize: 60" to 72"tall


Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, Resistant toNatural Cold, Resistant to Natural Heat

Description:Half-Elven. Tall, slender, and graceful, the Sulinihave sandy or blond hair, fair skin and blue or green eyes.

RACIAL STATS

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UQ 5+ 01+ 5+ 5- 5- 01+ 0 5- 51+ 0 5+

RP 5+ 5+ 5- 01- 01+ 02+ 5- 5- 0 5- 01+

NI 0 5+ 0 5+ + 0 5- 5+ 5+ 01+ 0

ME 5+ 5+ 5+ 5- 5+ 5+ 5- 0 01+ 0 5-

OC 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 01+ 5- 01+ 51+ 5+ 0 5+

GA 01+ 5+ 01+ 0 0 5+ 0 0 51+ 0 5+

DS 02- 01- 0 0 5+ 51+ 5- 01+ 01- 5- 01+

EM 5+ 0 0 0 5- 5- 5- 0 0 5+ 5+

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SYNSHARI


Lifespan: 150 years

Special Abilities: Natural AT3, Resistant to Natural Heat,

Vulnerable to Cold.

Description: The Synshari are the only known cold-

blooded humanoid race, though they appearhuman-looking than the warm-blooded Saurkur.They have leathery brown skin, large webbed feet

with thick soles, and a nictating inner eyelid thatprotects their bulbous yellow eyes. Their eyes have

slit pupils and can operate independently from oneanother.

SYRKAKAR


Lifespan: 70 years


Description: This stocky race has a ruddy complexion

and red-brown hair. Males often go bald shortlyafter reaching maturity.

TALATH

Size: 510" to 7 tall

Lifespan: 80 years

Special Abilities: Resistance to Natural Cold

Description: The Talath are strong, hardy race. Theyhave blond hair and blue eyes and a fair complexion.

In Jaiman, the Talath are known as the Myri.

THESIANS


Lifespan: 75 years


Description: This graceful people has dark brown skin,full lips, and flattened noses. They also have dark

brown eyes, and very little body hair. Their scalp hairis usually very thick and grows in tight curls.

TROGLI

Size: 48" to 6 tall

Lifespan: 80 years

Special Abilities: Nightvision, Darkvision 30, Unusual

Joint Construction

Description: Trogli resemble Humans in general but

have bluish-white skin, and their eyes glow in thedark with an eerie red light and they have white hairon their scalps.

UMLI


Lifespan: 70 years

Special Abilities: Resistant to Extreme Cold

Description: The Umli are of stocky build, with fair skinand either silver-white or raven-black hair.

VORLOI


Lifespan: 600+ years

Special Abilities: Lesser Nightvision, Resistant toNatural Cold, Resistant to Natural Heat, Natural

Claws

Description: Small and lithe, the Vorloi outwardly

resemble their Elven cousins. Their hair runs thespectrum from sandy to raven-black, and their eyes

are often green, or amber in color. Their skin is a

light walnut shade of brown.

YKIN


Lifespan: 80 years


Description: The Ykin have coarse black hair, almond

shaped brown eyes, with wide faces and highcheekbones. They have red-brown skin and tend

towards having a medium build.

YNAR


Lifespan: 120 years


Description: The Ynari are of medium to slight build with

fair skin, although it does have a yellowish tint, andlittle body hair. Scalp hair is thick, straight, and coarseand a deep blue-black in color; or in rare cases white.

Their eyes are normally brown, hazel or amber andthey have an epicanthic fold over the inner corner.


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RACIAL ABILITIES-xx in daylight/sunlight: Those races who have this listed

in their abilities section receive the modifier for allactions performed under the condition given.

Acute Eyesight: The character receives a +20 to all types

of visual perceptions.Acute Hearing: The character receives a +20 to all types

of auditory perceptions.

Amphibious: Those characters who have this ability areable to breath equally well under water as they are on

dry ground.

Chameleon Color: Grants the Kuluku with a bonus of

+50 to hiding (+80 to females). The effect lasts for anamount of time equal to the time spent concentrating

plus 1 rnd/lvl. They may only change the color oftheir skin to a light brown or an even grey-greencolor. No mottling is possible with this ability.

Darkvision:Character may see up to the distance listedwhen in total darkness. If surrounded by darkness and

within an area of light (i.e. like that from a torch), hemay see the distance given plus that of the light source.

Fast Swimmer: Character is able to swim at a base rateequal to his Base Movement Rate. Pace multipliers

may be used with this as well.

Flight: Character is able to fly at a rate equal to 75 per

round plus the stride modification for height. This istheir Base Flight Rate (BFR). Flight may be

maintained for an amount of time equal to 1 minutefor each point of their Con stat (Temp score in

RMC) without rest. Characters may use differentPaces with their flight, and the increased Pace reducesthe amount of time that may be spent in flight. A

flying character may carry up to half his weight whileflying, but only by flying at half speed. Characters

with flight may learn how to glide and ride thethermals, staying aloft for hours (at half speed).

Immune to Natural Cold: Character is immune todamage from natural cold and can function

normally as if were 60 degrees, no matter howcold it actually is. Character will also never getfrostbite or other cold related ailments.

Innate Caster (Jhordi): The Jhordi are able tomake free use of the Mentalist Base List,

Mind Speech up to 10th level. They expendno power points to activate these innate

abilities and may cast them at will. This isnot spell casting, so the character may not

use these innate abilities as a stepping stoneto learn higher portions of the list.

Inner Eyelid (Kuluku): The Kuluku have excellent visual

capabilities, getting +30 to visual perceptionmaneuvers and able to see at night with just a -20

modifier. However, this also makes their eyessensitive to bright light, and their inner eyelids can

close to shield their eyes in direct sunlight. With theirinner eyelid closed, the Kuluku receive a -20 modifierto visual perception maneuvers.

Inner Eyelid (Rhiani): The Rhiani have eyes that are verysensitive in bright, direct sunlight. Their inner eyelid

can close protecting their eyes. However, this givesthem a -40 modifier to visual perception maneuvers

while their inner eyelid is closed. It also makes themlook like they are blind.

Lesser Nightvision: This ability allows the character tosee, when outdoors on a bright night, up to 500 as

if it just a very dark day. When indoors, this allowsthe character to twice as far as the light sourcenormally allows.

Merman Shapechange: With 1 minute (6 rounds) of

concentration, the character may transform his fish tailinto a pair of scaly legs. This transformation may bemaintained for a maximum of 4 hours + 1 hour per

level of the character. This time need not be all at onceeither, it may be split over different periods so long as

the total time does not exceed the maximum allowed.

Natural AT: A number of different races have special

characteristics, such as tough hide or scales or etc,that grant it a higher natural armor type than other

races have. The entry in the racial description givesthe value of this natural armor type.


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Natural Claws: Several races have natural claws that theymay use to attack foes. Character from these races

may learn how use these claws by learning a skill thatcosts the same as the Martial Arts skill for their

profession. These claws do a maximum of a Mediumattack, and they follow the rules in RMC: Arms Lawregarding unarmed attacks.

Nightvision:This ability allows a character to see outdoors

as well on a bright night as he would on a cloudy,overcast day. When indoors, this allows the characterto see 3x as far as normally allowed by a light source.

Photosynthetic Skin:Characters with this ability absorbcarbon dioxide from their own blood and convert it to

oxygen. This is in addition to their own normal lungs.This also gives the character a greenish tinge to their skin

that grants a +20 bonus to hiding in forests and fields.

Prehensile Tail: This amazing appendage allows the

character to pick things up and manipulate themwith their tail. The tail has approximately half of thestrength of the characters arms, and cannot be used

to wield a weapon.

Pure Human: A number of races in Shadow Worldpossess strange abilities. Purely as a balancingmeasure, it is recommended that races marked as

being Pure Humans be given an additional 5development points per level.

Requires Immersion Daily: Merman are an aquaticpeople. Their skin dries out very quickly and this can

lead to infirmary and even death. If the Mermandoes not fully immerse himself once per day, he will

be at -10 for each day missed. When he reaches -80,the Merman will be in a coma and at -100 he will die.

Resistant to Cold Water: Character is immune to the effectsof hypothermia that can be caused by cold water, andhe treats water whose temperature is below 0 degrees as

if it were 60 degrees warmer than it actually is. Waterwhose temperature is between 0 and 70 degrees is

treated as if it were 70 degrees. Exhaustion points forcold are expended at 1/3 their normal rate.

Resistant to Extreme Cold: Character can functions incold weather as if it were 60 degrees warmer than it

actually is. Exhaustion points for cold are expendedat 1/5 their normal rate.

Resistant to Natural Cold: Character can functions incold weather as if it were 30 degrees warmer than it

actually is. Exhaustion points for cold are expendedat 1/3 their normal rate.

Resistant to Natural Heat: Exhaustion points for heat are

expended at 1/3 of their normal rate. Character onlyneeds normal water rations (they do not need to

perspire as much to maintain their bodytemperature). Character is resistant to sunburn.

Resistant to Temperature Extremes: Character gains thebenefits of both Resistant to Natural Cold andResistant to Natural Heat.

Retractable Nails: The character has tough finger and

toenails that can be extended slightly at will. Whenused to aid in climbing a soft surface such as a tree,

the character gains a +40 to the maneuver. They maybe used as a brawling weapon, or the character may

gain skill in using his nails in the same fashion as theability,Natural Claws . However, this ability onlyallows for the attacks to be a Small attack.

Severe Solar Allergy: Characters with this ability mustremain completely covered when in the sunlight.

Exposure to direct sunlight results in a -1 for eachminute exposed, with the skin smoking and acting

like it is burning. When exposure reaches a -80, thecharacter will lapse into a coma and at -100 they will

die. Each full day spent out of sunlight will reduceexposure penalties by 5 points.

Solar Affinity: Characters with this ability love direct

sunlight. When in direct sunlight, the character willregain Exhaustion points at double their normal rate,

and regain Power Points at a rate of 1 per every 10minutes of exposure to direct sunlight. If the

character is in an area without any sunlight (such asunderground), they will regain Exhaustion Points

and Power Points at half of their normal rate.

Superior Smell: Character has a superior sense of smell

and gains +30 to all olfactory perception maneuvers.

Unusual Joint Construction: Characters with this ability

gain a +10 bonus to all thrown attacks as well as allstatic maneuvers involving the hands (locks, crafting/carving, picking pockets, etc) or feet (balance). They

also gain +20 to any maneuver requiring contortions.

Vulnerable to Cold: Exhaustion points for cold are

expended at double the normal rate. There is greaterrisk for things such as frostbite and hypothermia.

Vulnerable to Heat: Exhaustion points for heat areexpended at double the normal rate. There is a

greater risk of dehydration and sunburn.


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TOOLSOFTHE TRADEIn this section, we bring you a selection of interesting,

non-magical items that just about any adventurer would liketo add to his pack. We hope that you enjoy them as well.

DUSTBOMBSThese ingenious little devices are actually quite

simple. It is a small, hardened clay ball filled with one of avariety of dusts or other substances that create a 5 radius

cloud when the ball is thrown against a hard surface. Thiscloud takes 2-3 rounds to settle to the ground. This is

often enough of a delay to allow one to escape pursuers,or at least get a better head start.

Some Dust Bombs, however, contain more than justharmless powders. Sometimes they contain very pungentsubstances like mustard powder, that when inhaled by a

creature, will temporarily disrupt its sense of smell for a fewminutes (Olfactory Bomb). Other Dust Bombs actually do

contain toxic substances that actually will affect those whocome in contact with the powder (Poison Bomb).

Weight: 1/3 lb per Dust Bomb

Cost: 1 sp per Dust Bomb

Cost: 5 sp per Olfactory BombCost: 10 sp + cost of 1 dose of poison per Poison Bomb

HERBALBANDOLEERThis item is widely prized by any adventurer. It is a

leather bandoleer containing 20 small, easily accessiblepouches. Within each pouch is a small edible packet, and

each packet holds a single dose of an ingestible herb. Itcosts 1 silver piece to have a single herb prepared and

encased in the edible packets for use with the bandoleer.Retrieving and ingesting a prepared herb is normally

a 20% activity action. When using an Herbal Bandoleer,taking a prepared herb is reduced to a 10% activity action.

Weight: 1 lb.

Cost: 2 sp

FOLDING GRAPPLING HOOKThis is a normal, 4 prong grappling hook, except that

the prongs are designed to fold down like an umbrella,allowing for compact storage and transport.

Weight:1.5 lbs

Cost: 3 sp

MULTI-TOOLCreated by an enterprising explorer who hated

lugging around a lot of extra weight and tools; this smallcollection of items quickly became very popular with

adventurers. These items are especially designed to worktogether and be assembled in a variety of configurations.

Those outfitters who sell the Multi-Tool will sell the

individual components and they will also even acceptreturns on used torch heads, often giving a 50% discount

on the price of a new torch head when a used one isreturned at the same time.

Wooden Poles: Each pole is 2 long and an inch

and a half thick. The ends are encased inmetal with a 1 inch screw configuration;

male on one end, female on the other.

Adapters: These are 2 inches long and are used to

transform a male end of a pole into a femaleend or a female end into a male end. Usefulfor creating certain tool configurations.

Hatchet Head: Connects to the poles. Useful forchopping wood, or even as a weapon.

Wide-bladed Dagger: Connects to the poles.Can be used to make a spear.

Battle Ball: Connects to the poles. Can be used tomake a mace. Some adventurers have used 2poles connected together with a Battle Ball on

each end to form a potent weapon.

Foot:Used on both ends of several poles connected

together to make a good quarterstaff.

Torch Heads: Screws on to the end of a pole.Contains a special lump of material thatignites easily and will burn for 6 hours,shedding as much light as a normal torch.

The composition of the torch material is aclosely guarded secret.

Item .................................... Weight ...................... Cost

Wooden Poles ...................... 2 lbs ..........................2 sp

Adapters .............................. 0.5 lbs ........................ 1 spHatchet Head ........................ 3 lbs ..........................6 spWide-bladed Dagger ..............1 lb...........................4 sp

Battle Ball .............................. 4 lbs .......................... 7 spFoot ........................................1 lb ...........................1 sp

Torch Head .............................1 lb...........................2 sp

SPIDERSILKROPEThis is an incredibly light, yet tough and strong

dwarven rope made of an unknown material.Each end of the rope has an iron clip end (see

image) and this 50 long rope will hold up2000 lbs of weight.

Weight: 3 lbsCost: 3 sp

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